I was fortunate enough to have the use of a new 4805 & 76-inch Infocus screen for a couple of weeks. I'm planning to buy a projector and screen in mid-February.
(Incidentally, it will definitely be a step up, no matter what: It's replacing a Kloss Novabeam built around 1982. Works great; if anybody out there can lift it, you can have it).
I was feeding the 4805 through a component hookup with a Samsung DVD player that upgrades the signal to 1080. I loved the 4805, and I imagine that by the time I get one, they'll just about be giving them away, but I wonder if the 5000 is worth the extra bucks.
Is the failure rate comparable for DLP and LCD technology? Am I going to have a screen door problem if I go with the LCD? I had absolutely no pixel or rainbow problems with the 4805.
I'm planning on getting a Da-Lite "B" series high-contrast white matte screen, 92-inch diagonal, 16 x 9 format, using a ceiling mount for the projector and having the primary viewing area about 12 feet away. Does that seem reasonable?
I can make the room virtually black at night, but during the day I can't. Will the 5000 give me the extra brightness I need to handle the ambient light for afternoon viewing, like football games?
Forgive me any redundancies. I assume the DLP vs. LCD thing has been batted around ad nauseum in the past, but I didn't see any threads on the subject.
(Incidentally, it will definitely be a step up, no matter what: It's replacing a Kloss Novabeam built around 1982. Works great; if anybody out there can lift it, you can have it).
I was feeding the 4805 through a component hookup with a Samsung DVD player that upgrades the signal to 1080. I loved the 4805, and I imagine that by the time I get one, they'll just about be giving them away, but I wonder if the 5000 is worth the extra bucks.
Is the failure rate comparable for DLP and LCD technology? Am I going to have a screen door problem if I go with the LCD? I had absolutely no pixel or rainbow problems with the 4805.
I'm planning on getting a Da-Lite "B" series high-contrast white matte screen, 92-inch diagonal, 16 x 9 format, using a ceiling mount for the projector and having the primary viewing area about 12 feet away. Does that seem reasonable?
I can make the room virtually black at night, but during the day I can't. Will the 5000 give me the extra brightness I need to handle the ambient light for afternoon viewing, like football games?
Forgive me any redundancies. I assume the DLP vs. LCD thing has been batted around ad nauseum in the past, but I didn't see any threads on the subject.
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